David Hollingworth

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David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.

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Black Basta ransomware boss placed on EU and Interpol ‘most wanted’ lists

The mastermind of the gang behind the 2024 Zirco Data hack, as well as more than 500 others, has been pinged alongside two other hackers.

SECURITY • Sun, 18 Jan 2026

Victorian schools hack: Consequences, and what education providers need to know to stay secure

As students and their families recover from the shock of this week’s revelation of a major cyber incident involving about 1,700 schools, here’s what could happen next, ...

SECURITY • Fri, 16 Jan 2026

WhatsApp users warned! Watch out for new GhostPairing attack

A new attack vector tricks victims into actively sharing messages, photos, and more on a popular messaging platform.

SECURITY • Thu, 15 Jan 2026

If you build it – 5 data centre predictions that will shape 2026

Emissions, power shortages, and the challenge of building capacity at scale will all play a part in shaping data centre deployment over the next 21 months.

SECURITY • Thu, 15 Jan 2026

Judge dismisses investor lawsuit claiming CrowdStrike defrauded shareholders

CrowdStrike says it appreciates the “court’s thoughtful consideration” in dismissing claims that the company misled investors following the July 2024 global outage

SECURITY • Thu, 15 Jan 2026

Rapid7 partners with ARMO to add cloud runtime security to Command Platform

A new deal brings real-time cloud and application threat detection and response into Rapid7’s exposure management platform.

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Send nudes: SecDef Hegseth announces Grok rollout at the Pentagon

The controversial xAI chatbot joins Google’s Gemini as America’s latest warfighting AI move, despite growing bans worldwide.

TECH • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Workforce shortages set to plague cyber security sector well into the decade

Open roles in the cyber security workforce continue to outnumber experienced professionals, a situation unlikely to change before 2028.

CULTURE • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Hacked: Desktop Windows Manager vulnerability added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

Newly addressed vulnerability CVE-2026-20805 has been added to the US cyber agency’s ever-growing list of known exploited vulnerabilities.

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

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David Hollingworth

Black Basta ransomware boss placed on EU and Interpol ‘most wanted’ lists

Victorian schools hack: Consequences, and what education providers need to know to stay secure

WhatsApp users warned! Watch out for new GhostPairing attack

If you build it – 5 data centre predictions that will shape 2026

Judge dismisses investor lawsuit claiming CrowdStrike defrauded shareholders

Rapid7 partners with ARMO to add cloud runtime security to Command Platform

Send nudes: SecDef Hegseth announces Grok rollout at the Pentagon

Workforce shortages set to plague cyber security sector well into the decade

Hacked: Desktop Windows Manager vulnerability added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

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